spartyandfriends.com - 7/2/2009
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I know, I am supposed to have the day off, but this was too big a deal to not comment on.
Nine years ago, Joe Dumars traded away his best player (and one of the NBA’s best). The next year, the Pistons would suffer their worst season in 7 years. A series of moves over 3 years to land ...
Joe Dumars and Maligned Guards
myespn.go.com 7/6/2009 — Remember when the Pistons were the toast of the town? In 2003-2004, they added Larry Brown and Rasheed Wallace and won the title. But the seeds of that team were really planted when the Pistons acquired some players with shaky reputations around the ...
Card Shark Dumars Has Been Toothless Lately
bleacherreport.com 6/30/2009 —
Joe Dumars needs a new deck of cards. For better luck, if nothing else.
The deck from which Dumars has been dealing cards to himself for the past several years must be crooked or stacked against him. Either that, or he’s just simply a bad ...
Pistons Will Be Soft in the Middle
thesportsbank.net 7/2/2009 —
By H. Jose Bosch
I wanted to see Joe Dumars find a pure point guard or a pure center this off-season. Ideally he would’ve gotten both but since finding a high-level talent at either position is rare, just getting one would’ve been nice.
But apparently someone told Joe D that next ...
Pistons Fire Michael Curry, But Why Now?
motownstringmusic.com 7/1/2009 —
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First of all, I'd like to thank Matt from Blog A Bull and Sean Yuille from Pride of Detroit for posting the news on Michael ...
Gordon and Villanueva?
dberri.wordpress.com 7/3/2009 — For reasons I will touch upon in my next post, this has been a busy week. So busy that I have actually been out of touch with this forum and hence I am quite surprised to see more than 100 comments on my last post. At this point, many of these are ...
Quick on the Trigger
detroitable.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — Joe Dumars doesn't like to mess around it seems. Looks like he knew what he wanted, knew who was available and jumped at the chance to get them as soon as possible. Nothing is final, only because it can't be until next week, but Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva have agreed in principal to be ...
Pistons fire Curry after one season | detnews.com | The Detroit News
detnews.com 6/30/2009 — Chris McCosky / The Detroit News Auburn Hills -- The prevailing thought was that Michael Curry was going to get a second season to redeem himself after a rough, 39-43 rookie season. Pistons president Joe Dumars blew that thought right out of the ...
Pistons Fire Head Coach Curry After One Season
mkrob.com 7/1/2009 —
All or nothing seems to be the formula for coaching the Detroit Pistons . Bring home an NBA championship or hit the road.
First-year coach Michael Curry became the latest Pistons coach to get the ax as president for basketball operations Joe Dumars fired him Tuesday after watching his ...
Moves put pressure on Joe Dumars | detnews.com | The Detroit News
detnews.com 7/10/2009 — Bob Wojnowski Moves put pressure on Joe Dumars Auburn Hills This was about the coach, although it really wasn't about the coach. With the Pistons, it's never about any particular coach for any discernible length of time. Oh, John Kuester seems like a ...
UConn Opens Branch In Detroit —
Bleacher Report - NBA 7/2/2009
Former UConn teammates Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva have agreed to multi-year contracts to join the Detroit Pistons, according to published reports.
Gordon spent the first five years of his NBA career with the Chicago Bulls, leading the team ...
Pistons Make Moves —
Wizards Insider 7/2/2009
The Detroit Pistons were the busiest team in the first day of free agency, as they agreed to terms with former UConn stars Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva, who essentially serve as younger replacements for the departing Allen Iverson and Rasheed ...